Hello It is the WASP from the North reporting today from a very rainy Winston-Salem, NC. Today, I wanted to talk about some other cultural difference between the North and South. BBQ!! I love BBQ but in the North it is either Chicken or Ribs with bottled BBQ Sauce, down here it is a way of life. A good way of life, with the sauce usually handed down from generation to generation and it is pulled pork or beef and so good it waters in your mouth. My husband (who I will refer for now on as H-man) and I are going to the Lexington BBQ Festival on Saturday afternoon. Maybe we will see you there, I will most likely be wearing it on my chest because I am a slob when it comes to eating. I have to say this is one difference where the South wins hands down, I have not been to Kansas City, which I hear will give the South a run for its money in the BBQ department according to FOOD NETWORK.

I will get to another difference in a minute, I should let you know my line of work. I was up North a Wedding Coordinator/Event Specialist within a Resort, which entails, selling the property to the client, then getting all the details and working the day of to make sure the Bride is calm, happy and has no stress. Now, all I do is detail events that someone else sells to the client, my selling is very limited. When I call clients, up North I always felt I was bugging them and they were rushing me off the phone and did not want to give me details (NOT BRIDES), down here people actually ask me how my weekend went and how my day is going. It is so nice to work with people that are pleasant and give you respect. I am not saying everyone up North was like that but a big majority for me to notice. Brides are in their own category, I will discuss that in another post.

One more difference, driving... I understand down here people are not used to snow the way we are in the North but why when it is raining do people all of a sudden have no clue on how to drive? It is rain not snow, sleet or worse ice storms. While living in Charlotte we had no snow last year, I am waiting to see what this winter brings. Driving in snow is not that hard, but understandable if your not from the North, but rain? I really do not expect an answer, I am just putting it out in the universe for people to ponder.

Another fact about me, I have had many jobs, bartender, waitress, food captain, banquet captain, travel agent, retailer, cashier and sales. As you can see all of my jobs require customer service, my most rewarding was Wedding Coordinator, I did that for over 10 years, and brides are so happy and excited you want to make their day special.